the Federal Health Ministry’s General Liaison for Legal Affairs and Human Rights will administer
all matters related to this measure of reparation,” which “will be implemented within six months
of notification of [this] Judgment.”
76. In addition, it was agreed that the State would “provide psychological care to the victims,”
through the Social Advocate for Victims of Crime,” “in their homes or in the facilities of the Care
Center for Victims nearest to their homes, whichever the victims prefer.” Mexico also pledged to
ensure that the Human Rights Defense Unit of the Interior Ministry and the General Directorate
of Human Rights facilitate and expedite any proceedings necessary to provide this service, which
will be initiated no later than ninety calendar days after notification of [this] judgment, […] and
will be provided for as long as the victims require it.”
77. Among the “reparations awarded in good faith” to the family of one of the victims (supra
para. 68), the State “agree [d] to provide [the wife of Mr. Sánchez Silvestre] with free medical
care […] taking into account her special circumstances and under the same terms [as the care
offered to the victims] indicated above.”
78.
The Court appreciates the State’s commitment to provide medical, psychological and/or
specialized psychiatric care at different levels, both to Messrs. García Cruz and Sánchez Silvestre
and to the latter’s wife. Thus, the Court ratifies these measures under the terms agreed by the
parties, considering that they include the different aspects of this measure indicated by this Court
in its consistent case law.94
E)
Measures of reparation and guarantees of non-repetition
E.1)
Measures of satisfaction
E.1.a) Provision of housing for the victims
79. In the section entitled “Reparation for non-pecuniary damage and measures of satisfaction”
of the friendly settlement agreement, it was stipulated that, “[the] Human Rights Defense Unit of
the Interior Ministry and the General Directorate of Human Rights and Democracy of the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs will take the necessary steps to register the victims in the New Collective
Housing Program implemented by the Federal District’s Institute of Housing, in order to provide
each victim with housing in the Federal District.” It further stated that the houses would be
“provided within two years as of the notification of [this] judgment.” The houses would be
handed over “free of charge, and therefore the victims shall not pay taxes, compensation or
contributions of any kind for the fulfilment of this point of the [friendly settlement] Agreement.”
80. The Court appreciates Mexico’s commitment, which will contribute to establish the conditions
and means to enable the victims to restore their dignity after being deprived of liberty for more
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Under this measure of reparation, the State has an obligation to offer, through its specialized health institutions
and in an immediate, adequate and effective manner, the medical and psychological or psychiatric care of those named
as victims, subject to informed consent, including the provision of free medicines, taking into account the medical
conditions of each. In the case that the State is lacking said institutions, it should turn to private institutions or to
specialized institutions of the civil society. Furthermore, the respective treatments should be provided, to the extent
possible, in the centers closest to the places of their residence and for as long as necessary. In providing psychological or
psychiatric treatment the circumstances and particular needs of each one must be taken into account, so that they are
offered individual or family treatments, according to what was agreed with each following an individual medical
assessment. Cf. Case of Cantoral Benavides v. Peru. Reparations and Costs, supra note 88, para. 57 and Case of
Mendoza et al. v. Argentina, supra note 73, paras. 311 and 312.
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